Capt. Josh Gibson has learned to expect the unexpected. Adjusting his baseball cap and running a hand through his short, dark brown beard, he remembers a day in 2020 when the six officers manning the Bald Head Island Public Safety Department couldn't seem to catch a break. A large structure fire broke out in the Keepers Landing area of the island.
- PUB DATE: 5/4/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Star News Online - Metered Site

VIDEO: A new study, led by LSU Health Shreveport cardiac electrophysiologist and professor Dr. Paari Dominic, finds that firefighters are at an increased risk for a dangerous heart condition. Atrial fibrillation, or A-Fib, is an irregular heart rhythm in the top chambers of the heart. The condition causes the upper chambers to beat so fast they can no longer pump blood, putting the body at risk for clotting and stroke.
- PUB DATE: 5/4/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTBS-TV ABC 3 Shreveport

The COVID-19 subvariant estimated by New York state health officials to be even more contagious than the first descendant of the potently infectious omicron strain now accounts for up to 70% of all virus circulating in the region that encompasses the Empire State, according to new CDC data released Tuesday.
- PUB DATE: 5/4/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WNBC-TV NBC 4 New York

One person was found dead after three boats and a boathouse caught fire Tuesday afternoon on the Duwamish River near Seattle's Georgetown neighborhood. The person's body was found inside the cabin area of one of the boats that caught fire, according to the Seattle Fire Department. One person reported being injured.
- PUB DATE: 5/4/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle

On Sunday, Tacoma police arrested a man they are calling a serial arsonist, saying he is responsible for setting at least five fires in thirty minutes, one damaging an apartment. According to Tacoma Police, officers responded to a call around 6:30 p.m. for a dumpster fire in the 200 block of S. G St.
- PUB DATE: 5/4/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13 Seattle